What are crease patterns (CP)?

In traditional origami, experts often like to study crease patterns (CP), which also makes crease patterns (CP) look very magical! This article will give you some knowledge about Crease Chart (CP).

What is Crease Chart (CP)

If you unfold a completed origami model, you can see a complete crease diagram (CP)—a white sheet of paper filled with lines. Of course, not all creases will be displayed on the real crease map (CP). Generally, only the creases of a main part of the model will be displayed on it. These creases are also called baselines.

Some origami diagram makers use red lines and blue lines to distinguish valley marks and peak marks. If a crease map (CP) is very complex, shaded circles may also be used to show key parts of the body.

Why do people use Crease Charts (CP)?

Why do some people choose to use crease diagrams (CP) when traditional origami diagrams are more convenient? Regarding this issue, there are four explanations:

1. Crease diagram (CP) is easier to make: just unfold the origami model you have made, then scan or draw the lines in it, and it is ready. A simple diagram can show all the important folding parts of this model. In contrast, traditional origami diagrams take more time to create.

2. If you want to fold an origami model, but there is no corresponding traditional origami diagram, you can fold it based on the information provided by the crease chart (CP). In this way, using the crease chart (CP) is often a helpless move.

3. Crease Chart (CP) is very interesting to learn. You can study the crease diagram with interest and try to determine which lineWhich part of the origami model it corresponds to. At the very least, you need to be able to distinguish the head and body, which are often the two more obvious areas in the crease diagram (CP), and if you see them short and radiating from a point, these are often the paws, toes, or Its a tentacle.

4. At the same time, analyzing the crease diagram (CP) can also help you improve existing models or design new models.

Who is using Crease Chart (CP)?

Origami designers often use crease diagrams (CP) to design new origami models. Using paper and pencil, a professional origami designer uses a crease chart (CP) to draw a complete origami model. Later, he will compile and share with you a tutorial on how to use a crease chart (CP) to make an origami model on Eric Joisels website. There is also Crease Chart (CP) production software TreeMaker, which will also be introduced to you.

Because some origami paper does not have corresponding diagrams, people began to use the information in the crease chart (CP) to guide origami production. Anyone can use crease charts (CP) to make models, but for some complex situations, origami illustrations are more convenient.

Crease Chart (CP) is not so easy to use, and it usually requires countless attempts to succeed. It’s better not to try crease pattern (CP) origami lightly, it requires a lot of skills. Before making complex models, you still need to contact simple ones. Similarly, there will be some corresponding crease chart (CP) usage tips to share with you in the future.

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